Rug-rack.



H. L. GARDNER & W. L. CHASE.

RUG RACK. APPLIOATION FILED APR.11,"1910.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

INVENT'UFQS WITNESSES.

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY L. GARDNER, 0F LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, AND WALTER L. CHASE, OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOBS T0 TAFT MACHINE COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

RUG-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed April 11, 1910. Serial No. 554,614.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY L. GARDNER, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and vVAIrrnn L. (Jr-men, of East Providence, county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rug-Racks; and we do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The invention relates to improvements in a display rack for rugs, curtains, oil-cloths, and similar articles, and has for its principal object to provide a rack of this character which will be constructed of metal throughout and be provided with removable supporting arms so that when an arm is not in use it can be readily and quickly removed.

A further object of the invention consists in providing the removable supporting arm with an improved pointed gripping pin and in staggering the pins on said arm.

Further features of the invention will be more fully pointed out and referred to in the description and claims.

In describing the invention reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the complete rug-rack. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the novel means for mounting the lower end of the diagonal brace-bar in the floor plate. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the upper end of said diagonal brace-bar. Fig. .4. is a plan top view of a portion of the sup porting arm. Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing the means for securing the rack to the ceiling. Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the supporting arm showing the construction and manner of mounting the gripping pins.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the ceiling and 2 the floor of a room in which the rug-rack is to be used. Secured to the ceiling 1 is a ceiling-support which comprises a beam 3 secured to the ceiling 1 in any suitable manner.

It will be understood that the beam 3 may be simply a straight beam extending diagonally across the ceiling at the corner of a room, or it may be constructed into a V-shaped frame projecting from one side of a room, or it may be in the form of a square frame arranged around a post in a room, as desired.

Suspended from the ceiling-beam 3 by means of a series of hangers r is a second beam 5 which is arranged directly beneath and parallel to the ceiling beam 3. In order to strengthen the connection between the ceiling beam 3 and the suspended beam 5 it is preferred to employ a series of inverted Vshaped braces 4 secured to each of said beams, as shown in Fig. 5.

Secured to the front side of the beam is an L-shaped iron 6 which is provided upon its horizontally extending portion with a series of holes 7, as shown in Fig. 5. Mounted to swing in the holes 7 of the L- shaped iron 6 are a series of T-shaped supporting arms 8 which are provided at one end with a hooked portion 9 adapted to engage the hole 7 The supporting arms 8 are held in operative position by means of a series of diagonal brace-bars 10, the lower ends of which are provided with two flat hinged members 11 and 12 which are joined together by a pivot-pin 13. The hinge member 12 is provided upon the bottom with a pintle 14: which is adapted to fit loosely and revolve in a hole in the floor-plate 15, which is secured to the floor 2 of the room. Secured to the upper end of the diagonal brace-bar 10 is a forked head 16 having a hooked end 17 adapted to engage the lateral projections 18 which extend from each side of the vertical portion of the T-shaped supporting arm 8.

Mounted in suitable holes extending through the horizontal portion of the T- shaped supporting arm 8 are two rows of pins 19 for engaging the rack and holding it in position upon the supporting arm. The pins 19 are provided with a double bevel 20 and 21 respectively, adjacent one end, the

bevel 21 terminating in a point at one end of the pin. The other end 22 of the pin is rounded to facilitate the insertion of the pin into the supporting arm and said pin is provided with an annular shoulder 23 adjacent said rounded end for limiting the insertion of the pin into the hole in the supporting arm, and also with a support for said pin upon said supporting arm.

The pins at the ends. of each row are set opposite each other, while the remainder of the pins in each row are staggered with relation to the pins in the opposite row, as shown in Fig. 4. The purpose of so staggering the pins is to prevent the supported ends of the rugs upon each side of the supporting arm from overlapping each other and thus interfering with the easy removal of a rug upon one side of the supporting arm without the liability of disengaging some portion at least of the rug upon the opposite side of said supporting arm.

The operation of the device will bereadily understood. hen it is desired to take down one of the supporting arms 8 it is simply necessary to raise the free end of said supporting arm slightly in order to allow the hooked end of the forked head 16 of the diagonal brace-bar 10 to be disengaged fronr the lateral projections 18, whereupon the hooked end of said supporting arm 8 may be disengaged from the L- shaped iron 6 and the diagonal brace-bar l0 lifted out of engagement with the floor-plate 15 and laid aside until ready to be used again.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an article of the character described,

Copies of this patent may beobtained for the combination, with a ceiling-support and floor-plate, of a supporting aim pivotally mounted at one end in said ceiling-support and provided with a lateral projection, and a diagonally arranged brace-bar having one end provided with a hinged pintle loosely mounted in the floor-plate and the other end provided with a hooked end adapted to engage the lateral projection upon the supporting arm.

2. In an article of the character described, the combination, with a ceiling-support and a floor-plate, of a T-shaped supporting arm having one end pivotally mounted in said ceiling-support and provided with a lateral projection upon each side of the vertical portion of said T-shaped arm, and a diagonal brace-bar having one end pivotally mounted in the floor-plate and the other end provided with a forked head adapted to straddle the vertical portion of the T-shaped supporting arm, and having a hooked end adapted to engage said lateral projections.

HARRY L. GARDNER. l VALTER L. CHASE.

Witnesses:

J. H. THURsToN, W. H. THURSTON.

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